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// XPath.java - top-level entry point for DOM XPath matching.

package org.jaxen.dom;

import org.jaxen.BaseXPath;
import org.jaxen.JaxenException;

/** An XPath implementation for the W3C DOM.
 *
 * <p>This is the main entry point for matching an XPath against a DOM
 * tree.  You create a compiled XPath object, then match it against
 * one or more context nodes using the {@link #selectNodes(Object)}
 * method, as in the following example:</p>
 *
 * <pre> XPath path = new DOMXPath("a/b/c");
 * List results = path.selectNodes(domNode);</pre>
 *
 * @see BaseXPath
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:bob@werken.com">bob mcwhirter</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class DOMXPath extends BaseXPath
{

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5551221776001439091L;

    /** Create a new <code>DOMXPath</code> from an XPath expression string.
     *
     *  @param xpathExpr the XPath expression
     *
     *  @throws JaxenException if there is a syntax error in the expression
     */
    public DOMXPath(String xpathExpr) throws JaxenException
    {
        super( xpathExpr, DocumentNavigator.getInstance() );
    }

} 
